Central Coast Wetlands Group. 2017

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Communication or educational material

This website demonstrates the work of the Central Coast Wetlands Group (CCWG), which aims to coordinate the advancement of wetland science and management on the Central Coast. It provides an overview of the different sea level rise adaptation … efforts that relate to or impact wetlands in the central coast. For example the site provides information on the update to the Greater Monterey County IRWM Plan.

California Department of Food and Agriculture. 2018

DroughtExtreme heatTemperature

Communication or educational material

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) facilitates farmer-to-farmer learning and international information sharing on climate change impacts, mitigation, and adaptation through the Climate Smart Agriculture webinar series. Topics … covered include irrigation water management technologies, opportunities for soil health to contribute to climate adaptation, climate smart livestock practices, and others. These webinars are a collaborative effort between CDFA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture California Climate Hub, and international partners to bring together academics, agricultural support services, and farming practitioners to discuss common challenges and potential adaptation strategies.

The Nature Conservancy. 2016

Sea level rise

Communication or educational material

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) leads the development of Coastal Resilience, an approach and online decision support tool to help address the devastating effects of climate change and natural disasters, which it started in 2007. The Monterey … Bay region is part of this global TNC network. TNC is working with a suite of partners to find multi-benefit adaptation solutions. TNC has done analysis exploring adaptation approaches for the highway that maximize the use and persistence of natural infrastructure in the face of climate change. Using cost benefit analysis methods for this region TNC finds that in almost all cases, the least economically beneficial adaptation approach involves shoreline armoring.

The Nature Conservancy. 2016

Sea level rise

Communication or educational material

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) leads the development of Coastal Resilience, an approach and online decision support tool to help address the devastating effects of climate change and natural disasters, which it started in 2007. Santa Barbara … County is part of this global TNC network. The work in Santa Barbara is primarily centered on filling information gaps, creating maps of projected coastal hazards, and sharing the new information. This work creates ways for staff, decision-makers, and residents to interact with vulnerability data and develop scientifically sound and robust adaptation strategies for the future.

The Nature Conservancy. 2016

Sea level rise

Communication or educational material

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) leads the development of Coastal Resilience, an approach and online decision support tool to help address the devastating effects of climate change and natural disasters, which it started in 2007. Ventura … County is part of this global TNC network. In Ventura County TNC assembled a Steering Committee that represents diverse stakeholders who are empowered to make decisions. The project explores current challenges from multiple perspectives and proposes solutions mostly from a natural infrastructure approach.

Urban Sustainability Directors Network. 2017

This document provides guidance to local governments in designing and implementing a more inclusive, equitable planning process. It provides guidance on how to address equity issues with specific adaptation solutions, tactics for inclusive … community engagement, and on how to address the root causes of inequities in climate risk.

Bay Localize. 2013

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AssessmentCommunication or educational materialData, tools, and research

This report presents a work plan for regional agencies to partner with community groups on climate adaptation, and support local governments in doing so. It also presents parallel recommendations for funders and community groups. The work … plan was designed to provide information and consultation to help to fully integrate social equity and environmental justice issues into Bay Area adaptation planning.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 2016

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Communication or educational material

The power point presentation provides details on the methodology behind the Costal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS). It places this modeling approach in the context of sea level rise science in general. Additionally, it outlines how the … tool can be used to assess exposure to hazards.

Santa Barbara County. 2017

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AssessmentCommunication or educational material

This website provides summary information on Santa Barbara County's multi-year effort to evaluated the impacts of sea level rise. The site includes links to vulnerability assessments, public presentations and background on the project. Ultimately … the goal for the project is use these assessments to promote local policies that mitigate the impacts of coastal hazards and sea level rise.

Climate Central. 2016

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Communication or educational material

This summary for Alameda County comes from Climate Central’s Surging Seas risk analysis. The summary report is a brief guide that integrates key findings, methods, interpretation and links into one narrative. The report provides an initial … estimate of assets and people exposed to future flood events. This summary can be a stand-alone document or could be used in future county planning.